What's the advantage of Bilstein or Ohlins dampers?

[yan97]

Hi every body,
As I have the Exige model 2005, I was told that I should upgrade the suspension system to improve the car behavior on road and on track.
1. Is it true?
2. Now I got two choices: 1. the 1 way adjustabe Bilstein or 2. the 2 way adjustable Ohlins dampers. Want to know what are the main differences and advantages? do I need to change the front anti-roll bar as well? and is it worth the money?
3. other recommendation?

PS: Actually I am looking for a more comfortable set-up on the road specially driving 900km from Switzerland to Brno in one day, it is very hard for the back....and I would like to switch easily to a harder setup for the race track. I go 6-7 times on track pro year.. Next one Dijon in France and afterward Brno in CZ.

Thanks!!!

Edited by yan97 on Monday 12th June 17:16

Edited by yan97 on Monday 12th June 17:34

[GTRene]

Bilstein, Ohlins, Nitrons, Wilbers...the last 3 you can find specs and prices here...its on a german carsite though(you can find them under "forum" then "Faq" there you find a list of tuners, carparts, all lotus related.
http://lotus.freudhoefer.de/roadsterc
GTRene

[shangani]

Exige 2005 already has the height adjustable lotus sport bilstein suspension. Certainly good enough for road or track unless you are a serious pro driver.

Keep it as is imho - £2000 spent fitting ohlins + geo etc will be a lot for little gain in performance apart from the increased adjustability which is difficult to get right anyway. S2 exiges are pretty sorted out of the box.

[GreenV8S]

My advice would be not to change it until you understand what you're trying to achieve by the change - and that means being familiar with the handling characteristics of the car and your own limitations of the driver and identifying specifically what you want to change. Lotus will have spent a lot of time and money designing the suspension, and just bolting on expensive parts is unlikely to improve things at all unless you know how to set it up, which means you need to know what you're trying to achieve and how to achieve it.